Importance Data are lacking on the outcomes of patients with severely reduced left
ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) who undergo revascularization by percutaneous coronary …

Background Little attention has been paid to the importance of sex in the long‐term
prognosis of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Methods and Results We conducted a …

Background: When patients and physicians speak the same language, it may improve the
quality and safety of care delivered. We sought to determine whether patient–physician …

BACKGROUND: Heart failure remains a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality in
women. We examined the sex differences in heart failure incidence, mortality and hospital …

Background Early evidence suggests proteinuria is independently associated with incident
atrial fibrillation (AF). We sought to investigate whether the association of proteinuria with …

Objective Heart failure (HF) impairs survival post coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), but
little is known about the postoperative quality of life (QoL) in patients with HF. We derived a …

Background Effective teamwork between anaesthesiologists and surgeons is essential for
optimising patient safety in the cardiac operating room. While many factors may influence the …

Importance Handovers of anesthesia care from one anesthesiologist to another is an important
intraoperative event. Despite its association with adverse events after noncardiac surgery…

Objective: To examine the prevalence of frailty in surgical patients and determine whether
age and sex modify the relationship between frailty and long-term mortality. Background: …

Background Prediction tools that incorporate self-reported health information could increase
CKD awareness, identify modifiable lifestyle risk factors, and prevent disease. We …